Jack Dempsey

Thank you Kaitlyn, I’m reporting on the decrease of religion throughout the country. The church due to its legal separation from the state was not formally involved in politics, but took a strong interest in issues like the family, marriage and divorce, prohibition of alcohol, employer-employee relationships, crime and other social issues. As the automobile and buses increased the mobility of country people then small local churches closed down and congregations consolidated in larger towns within commuting distance. This required less clergy and created efficiencies in maintenance and running costs for buildings. Once the depression hit and donations to churches decreased, church and missionary budgets were curtailed. New scientific discoveries and theories flourished causing doubt on the biblical version of events. Educational institutions promoted scientific learning based on facts causing some to label them as "incubators of agnosticism".In a stunt to create publicity for the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, a court case that became known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, took place in 1925 in which a high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. And now over to Josh Herrington with incredible news on famous boxing star, Jack Dempsey. I’m reporting from Denver, Colorado where I just spoke to boxing legend Jack Dempsey. Jack Dempsey-known as the “Manassa Mauler”- is the world’s heavyweight boxing champion since 1919. He was born on June 24, 1895, in the mormon village of Manassa right here in Colorado. When he was a child, he worked as a miner, cowboy, and a farmer and he was taught boxing by his older brother. Dempsey's early prize fights were in mining towns around Salt Lake City, but on July 4, 1919, he became the world’s heavyweight champion when he beat Jess Willard “The Great White Hope”. He defended his title five